03716nam 2200769Ia 450 991078544310332120230509220422.01-315-57967-71-317-14332-91-317-14331-01-282-94831-897866129483121-4094-1234-2(CKB)2670000000060447(EBL)623981(OCoLC)699474791(SSID)ssj0000435963(PQKBManifestationID)12141453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435963(PQKBWorkID)10426388(PQKB)11051349(Au-PeEL)EBL623981(CaPaEBR)ebr10433671(CaONFJC)MIL922833(MiAaPQ)EBC623981(EXLCZ)99267000000006044720100601d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEngineer of revolutionary Russia Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways /Anthony HeywoodFarnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT :Ashgate,2010.1 online resource (xxvi, 400 pages) illustrations, mapsScience, technology, and culture, 1700-1945Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5539-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Note on Renderings; Glossary of Technical Terms; Principal railways of European Russia and Western Siberia, circa 1914; Principal railways of Siberia and Russian Central Asia, circa 1914; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Russian Engineer; 2 First Steps in Railway Engineering; 3 Engineering Professor; 4 The Russian Revolution of 1905; 5 Applications of Science on the Russian Railways, 1908-1914; 6 War and Revolution, 1914-1917; 7 America and the Bolshevik Revolution8 Building the New Russia 9 The Diesel Revolution; 10 'A Free Soviet Citizen Abroad'; 11 Retirement and Remembrance; Select Bibliography; IndexFrom Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's life, but also contributes to the growing academic interest in the history of science and technology in Russia and the Soviet Union.Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.Railroad engineersSoviet UnionBiographyRailroadsSoviet UnionHistoryEngineeringSoviet UnionHistoryScienceSoviet UnionHistoryTechnologySoviet UnionHistoryTransportationSoviet UnionHistoryRussiaHistoryRevolution, 1905-1907InfluenceSoviet UnionHistoryRevolution, 1917-1921InfluenceRailroad engineersRailroadsHistory.EngineeringHistory.ScienceHistory.TechnologyHistory.TransportationHistory.625.10092BHeywood Anthony1525554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785443103321Engineer of revolutionary Russia3767043UNINA